Pakistan opens with big wins in IBSF World Snooker Championship

Pakistani cueists on Tuesday finished with big wins on the opening day of IBSF World Snooker against their opponents in Antalya, Turkey. 

Three out of the four cueists were in action on day one and all of them achieved victories without dropping a single frame.

Mubashir Raza started off with a century break in the opening frame against his opponent Kevin Hanssens from Belgium to win the game 4-0 .

With a break of 101 in the first frame of the best-of-seven competition, Raza completed the win with a score of 122-1, 65-10, 75-31 and 82-27. He played breaks of 65, 65 and 60 in the following frames. 

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Pakistan’s number one cueist Mohammad Asif was also in good form as he defeated Turkey’s Enes Bakirci to start his campaign with a 4-0 win.

Asif played breaks of 79 and 78 in the third and fourth frame respectively, to win the match with a score of 58-40, 65-1, 80-38 and 91-8.

Babar Masih — who was also a member of the Pakistan team that won the Asian Team Championship in June — outclassed Kayhan Durukan of the host country.

Masih didn’t allow his opponent to pot a single ball in the first or any other remaining frames. Durukan hence could not earn any multiple colors in a single visit.

Masih won the match with a score of 87-0, 71-6, 97-7 and 69-8.

Around 110 cueists from 40 countries are participating in the championship.

Pakistan’ Muhammad Asif on Wednesday will play against New Zealand’s Matthew Scarborough while Zulfiqar Qadir will face Russia’s Ivan Kakovskil. Babar Masih will also be in action against Czech Republic’s Osip Zusmanovic.